Clothes-drier



B. B. HAwsn 0F MoRnIsvILLE, VERMONT; l

CLOTHES-DETER. i

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,674, dated. January To all whom it may concern: y

Beit known that I, B VB. HAWSE, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Driers; and I do herebydeclare that the.following is a full, clear, and exact description of the` same,

reference being had to the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification, in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denote the same part.

` Figure l is a perspective view of my clothes drier, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof the same on line The nature of the invention consists in having both hubs perforated, so as to be movable upon the shaft, and having a cord attached to the upper hub passing down around a pulley on the lower hub, and up over a swivel pulley on the'head of the shaft, so that this cord performs the double function of elevating the hubs, and expanding the frame. On the lower hub is a self-acting, ratchet eccentric under which the cord passes, which presses it against the hub, and holds it secure so as to fasten the frame firmly at any desired height on the shaft.

In the drawing S, is the shaft, having upon it the two movable hubs H, H.

B, is a band at the head of the shaftto prevent the hubs from slippingoff.

C, is the cord attached to the pper hub H,passing around the pulley p, on the lower one H, and over the swivel pulley P, on the head of the shaft, said swivel pulley having a round headed pivot working in a socket in the head of the shaft, allowing it to revolve easily with the frame. y i

R, is the self acting ratchet eccentric on the lower hub H, which presses cord C, against the hub, and holds the framelsecure in any desired position `on the shaft. So that the cord C, being attached to the upper hub, and passingoverthe pulley `p,onuthe` l, lower one as well` asover theswivelxpulley; P, at the head of the shaft, it not only ele-` vates the frame upontheshaft but alsohex-` pands the frame. i And it further may bei vused to close the frame bydrawing the cord g above the pulleyyp, "onythe lower hub`.` Af p knot may be made in the ,cordwhichuwilll catch in eye e," on `theupper hub, andfpre#` `vent the frame from coming entirelydown` on the ground. Therefore when desired t0 use the drier, by drawing cordC, the :frame is expanded, when 1 it can be loweredj onthe shaft to a convenient l position, andthe I clothes placed on: the cords, and bytagain x drawing cord C, the fra-me canbe elevated to any height on the shaft, `the self acting, ratchet, eccentric pressingthe` cord against y the hub, and thus securelyliolding` the frame E in position on the shaft;` This construction is advantageous on "account of "thellframe i l" 65` tion on the shaft by simply drawingcordQ `I being raised orloweredto any, desiredpjosi which alsoexpands: the frameand `it iswell l to hang the clotheson afterironing.

claim-- Two perforaedH, 1H",fm1ovab1le l upon `the shaft, `combination"with` Jthe 7,5.

In testimony whereof` I signed my name before twolsubscrlbnigwit- IleSSeS.

Witnesses: y

W. NEvINs DoRsEY, y JOHN HOLLINGSBEAD. R

` adapted for a drier insidethe house`,dorgtlie y frame can be loweredon` the shaft,anfd used; "11 .i i zow Having thus described inyimproveinentI 

